People enjoy the fine weather while jogging at the Iloilo River Esplanade. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

NO TIME LIMIT; Iloilo City esplanades open to all but…

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas set new guidelines on the use of the Iloilo River Esplanades. All are open to the public, however, bikers...
PALAY QUALITY AUDIT. A personnel of the National Food Authority (NFA) in Negros Occidental conducts a quality audit on the newly-procured palay. This aims to ensure conformity to the set NFA palay quality standards. NFA NEGOCC

ENOUGH RICE BUFFER STOCK; NFA-6: Be responsible rice consumers

ILOILO – There is ample buffer stock of rice in Western Visayas, according to the National Food Authority (NFA). Data (as of Nov. 11) from...

Diergos slay: CCTV footage missing

ILOILO – Footage of a closed-circuit television (CCTV) in Barangay Inangayan, Santa Barbara town where businesswoman Claire Diergos was found dead could give a...
People line up for anti-coronavirus vaccination in Guimbal, Iloilo. PHO

Guimbal, 9 Iloilo towns nearing ‘herd immunity’

ILOILO – The municipality of Guimbal and nine other towns in this province are close to achieving herd immunity against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Data...

Body builder yields P500,000 ‘shabu’

ILOILO City – A high-value drug suspect yielded P500,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Isidro, La Paz district...

City vaxxed 55,000 Iloilo residents

BY GLENDA TAYONA AND IME SORNITO ILOILO City – A total of 55,436 residents of the province of Iloilo, including children aged 12 to 17,...
Unmindful of the scorching heat, these farmers in Leganes, Iloilo are up on their hustle to put food to every Western Visayan table. This should be a reminder that rice must not be put to waste, according to the Department of Agriculture. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

EVERY GRAIN COUNTS; Western Visayans told to avoid rice wastage

ILOILO City – Every wasted grain can feed more families, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). It encourages Western Visayans to be responsible...
Arson investigators cordon the fire-hit house of the Padios family in Dumangas, Iloilo. A mother and her three kids died. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Dumangas house fire a case of arson?

ILOILO – The house fire in Barangay Pagdugue, Dumangas town that killed a teacher and her three kids are baffling arson investigators. They initially...
Drivers of public utility jeepneys welcome the Department of Transportation’s suspension of the “no inspection, no registration” policy. The Land Transportation Office in Region 6 says vehicle inspection in private motor vehicle inspection centers is now optional. Photo shows jeepneys on General Luna Street, Iloilo City. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Barrier-less jeeps must comply with 70% capacity – city dad

ILOILO City – To ensure physical distancing while enforcing the 70 percent capacity inside public utility jeepneys (PUJs) in this city, Councilor Romel Duron...
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4,262 Iloilo kids get anti-COVID shots

ILOILO – A total of 4,262 minors in this province have already been vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), of which 1,107 have comorbidities,...